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ARMS Version 5 Out Now, Includes New Fighter Dr. Coyle

The brilliant Dr. Coyle is the latest addition to ARMS. Naturally, she has her own set of Arms and a stage too! Read on for the lowdown.

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Her special abilities include levitation, invisibility, and the power to summon a third ARM after charging. The new stage, [NAME REDACTED], is a high-tech lab, and her new ARMS are called Lokjaw, Parabola, and Brrchuk. You can check out the trailer, or just update your game. Dr. Coyle is available now.

Here are the full patch notes:

New fighter “Dr. Coyle” is now available. Play the Grand Prix at LV6 or higher as someone other than Dr. Coyle and see what happens…
New ARM “Lokjaw” added.
New ARM “Parabola” added.
New ARM “Brrchuk” added.
New stage [NAME REDACTED] added.
For Grand Prix LV6 and lower, the computer will now get stronger as you get deeper into the Grand Prix.
For Grand Prix LV7, the computer will start out strong right from the first match, as usual.
You can now view stats from previous Party Crash events in “Stats.”
Added new badges related to Dr. Coyle.
Fixed issue in online play where the healing area created by HP Juice would sometimes shift position.

Adjusted abilities of some fighters and ARMS as follows.

Fighters / Arms	Adjustments
Lola Pop	The holidays are a busy season for street performers, so Lola Pop is fired up! Her charges now persist longer.
Whammer Kablammer Blorb	Lessened deceleration when knocking down mid-weight ARMS.
Scorpio	Increased retraction speed. Shortened waiting time between flying off and retrieval. Fixed issue where time needed for retraction could be greatly protracted.
Skully	Improved curving. Increased rush damage. Decreased speed of initial rush attack. Adjusted the number of attacks needed for rush range to reach a maximum.
Glusher	Lessened deceleration when knocking down mid-weight ARMS. Increased expansion rate of charge attacks.
Megaton Megawatt	Lessened deceleration when knocking down mid-weight ARMS. Increased speed of charge attacks. Decreased speed of normal attacks.
Toaster Sparky Chilla Bubb Buff Roaster Nade	Decreased speed of initial rush attack. Adjusted the number of attacks needed for rush range to reach a maximum.
Slapamander Slamamander	Increased the time interval between initial launch and extension. Increased extension speed.